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Finance, Class, and the Birth of Neoclassical Economics: The Marginalist Revolution Revisited
by Yair Kaldor* In economic textbooks, the concept of “value” is regarded as nothing more than the prevailing market price. This definition might seem self-evident, but it stands in sharp contrast to the classical theories of Adam Smith and David … Continue reading
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Tagged Culture, economics, history of economic thought, ideas, sociology of knowledge, valuation
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Folk economics, economic sociology, and Trump’s campaign
“When did we beat Japan at anything? They send their cars over by the millions, and what do we do? When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Tokyo? It doesn’t exist, folks. They beat us all the … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Sociology, economics, knowledge, politics, sociology of knowledge
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Genealogy of Capitalism and Sacred Economics in Victorian Britain
“Labour is Life: from the inmost heart of the Worker rises his god-given Force, the sacred celestial Life-essence breathed into him by Almighty God…” … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropology, culture, capitalism, economics, ethics, Political economy, religion, sociology of knowledge, United Kingdom
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Statisticism: the erroneous notion that computing is doing research
Notes on Social Measurement: Historical and Critical is a major and insightful book by a distinguished American sociologist Otis Dudley Duncan (1921-2004) published in 1984. Duncan has introduced many statistical techniques to sociology, and studied mainly intergenerational occupational mobility. In a paper “Otis Dudley Duncan, quantitative sociologist … Continue reading
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Tagged methodology, social sciences, sociology, sociology of knowledge, statistics
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Camels, mathematics and the history of economics
“By 1935 economics entered into a mathematical epoch. It became easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a non-mathematical genius to enter into the pantheon of original theorists.” Paul Samuelson (1976: 25) This sharp … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, Keynesianism, policy, sociology of knowledge, taxation
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Economists and the Powerful: Convenient Theories, Distorted Facts, Ample Rewards
This book provides an excellent and important account of the mechanics of capitalism, and demonstrates how different groups and elites consistently further their own economic interests at the expense of others. (Free access to the introduction). Journeys into intellectual and economic … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, economics, inequality, interest groups, neoliberalism, policy, politics, power, Sociology of economics, sociology of knowledge
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